Olympic flame relay stopped for 3 days of mourning

Olympic flame relay stopped for 3 days of mourning
May 20, 2008 23:05
DREAMLIFE Points: Join Date: Sep 5, 2007 Status: offline	On May 18th, Beijing Olympic Organizers announced to suspend Beijing Olympic Torch Relay for three days (May 19th to May 21th) to mourn the dead in Sichuan Earthquake. Besides, Chinese government has ordered that all flags be flown at half-staff and that all public recreational activities should be halted. On the other hand, Beijing Olympic Organizers has decided to shorten the torch relay in Tibet and Sichuan for one day. Picture: Torch relay in Hangzhou city.

May 20, 2008 23:05

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On May 18th, Beijing Olympic Organizers announced to suspend Beijing Olympic Torch Relay for three days (May 19th to May 21th) to mourn the dead in Sichuan Earthquake. Besides, Chinese government has ordered that all flags be flown at half-staff and that all public recreational activities should be halted.

On the other hand, Beijing Olympic Organizers has decided to shorten the torch relay in Tibet and Sichuan for one day.

Picture: Torch relay in Hangzhou city.

May 22, 2008 22:20	#1
JIMMYB Points: Join Date: Feb 7, 2007 Status: Offline	It is said that the torch relay in Sichuan has been delayed to August 3rd due to the earthquake. Hope everything will be ok.

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